On Fridays I'm posting my thoughts on Lou Reed's solo albums, one album at a time in chronological order of release.

When a Lou Reed song comes unbidden to my mind, for some time now, it hasn't been "Sweet Jane," or "Rock and Roll," "Walk on the Wide Side" or even "Heroin." More often than not, my brain's playback machine brings me the crunchy opening guitar chords of "Romeo Had Juliette," the first song on Reed's 1989 album "New York": | March 21, 2014»Read Full Blog Post(1)

As soon as the racer sprinted across the finish line Sunday, he gave a high-five to his coach crouched on the ground.

Actually it was more of a high 10 since Bean, a 3-year-old dachshund, reared up on his stubby legs to put both tiny paws up in the air for his owner, Joe Stiehm, to tap. Bean didn't know he'd just won his heat in the bratwurst division of 3- to 5-year-olds and didn't care that some of his competitors were still wandering around on the racecourse as their owners frantically whistled, called, waved, bounced balls, held up treats and squeezed squeaky toys. | July 27, 2014»Read Full Article(5)

Nine dancers, wearing white and working without music for most of the program, gave a captivating, lighthearted performance that was somehow perfectly suited to a summer afternoon in the park. | July 27, 2014»Read Full Article